Editing Development communication (section)

=== Catholic social change ===

While not per se an academic school, the Church has been conducting "development communication" for many decades. The [[Catholic Church]]'s social teachings and [[moral norm]]s parallel those of social development. ''[[Rerum novarum]]'' (On the New Things), for example, an encyclical written in 1891 by [[Pope Leo XIII]] critiqued social ills and promoted "the Catholic doctrine on work, the [[right to property]], the principle of collaboration instead of [[class struggle]] as the fundamental means for social change, the rights of the weak, the dignity of the poor and the obligations of the rich, the perfecting of justice through charity, on the right to form professional associations"<ref>{{cite book |title=Guidelines for the study and teaching of the Church's Social Doctrine in the formation of Priests |url=https://www.humandevelopment.va/content/dam/sviluppoumano/pubblicazioni-documenti/archivio/dottrina-sociale-della-chiesa/orientamenti/ODSI_ENG.pdf |publisher=Vatican Polyglot Press |location=Rome |date=1988 |page=24}}</ref> In 1961, [[Pope John XXIII]], writing on the topic "Christianity and Social Progress", produced an encyclical entitled ''[[Mater et magistra]]'' (Mother and Teacher), which taught that the "Church is called in truth, justice and love to cooperate in building with all men and women an authentic communion. In this way, economic growth will not be limited to satisfying men's needs, but it will also promote their dignity".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_xxiii/encyclicals/documents/hf_j-xxiii_enc_15051961_mater_en.html|title=John XXIII – Mater et Magistra |publisher=Vatican.va | page=161|year=1961|access-date=17 October 2012}}</ref> Then in 1967, [[Pope Paul VI]] published ''[[Populorum Progressio]]''(Progressive Development). In it the Pope underscored the importance of justice, peace, and development by declaring that "development is the new name of peace". Addressing development workers, he said, "genuine progress does not consist in wealth sought for personal comfort or for its own sake; rather it consists in an economic order designed for the welfare of the human person, where the daily bread that each man receives reflects the glow of brotherly love and the helping hand of God".<ref>{{cite web|author=Paul VI |url=https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-vi_enc_26031967_populorum_en.html |title=Populorum Progressio |publisher=Vatican.va |page=86 |date=1967 |access-date=17 October 2012}}</ref> The importance of engagement for social transformation and development is also asserted in the [[Catechism]] of the Catholic Church.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html |title=Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern Word – ''Gaudium et spes'' |publisher=Vatican.va |page=66 |access-date=17 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017073250/https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html |archive-date=17 October 2012 }}</ref>